High pressure and high temperature equipment
- internally heated argon gas pressure system
- Hydrothermal autoclaves (Rapid Quench and Normal Quench)
- Externally heated high-pressure systems, H2O and argon as pressure medium
- 2 piston cylinder presses: 1 simplified Johannes type and 1 "End Loaded" Voggenreiter press (Bayreuth type)
- 3 hydrothermal diamond stamp cells (basset-type) equipped with binocular and microscope
- High temperature furnaces (up to 1600°C)
Dissection
- Bruker AXS micro-x-ray Diffractometer D8
- Phillips x-ray diffractometer
- Micro XRF combined with Raman microscope
- FTIR - Spectrometer Vertex 80v with IR Microscop Hyperion 3000 and focal plain array detector
Further equipment
- Ion exchanger for purest water
- 2 fine balances
- TIG welding machine for Au/Pd capsules